The Bible is God's holy word of instruction for you.
1. God builds the home.
His creation.
By His power.
By His instruction.
God is the head, the center of all things.
Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. - Psalm 127:1a
10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.
11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. - 1 Corinthians 3:10-11
2. God maintains the home.
Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. - Psalm 127:1b
He watches over all.
He protects.
He guards all.
The enemy causes chaos.
He thrives during conflict.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. - John 10:10
3. God supplies the home.
It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. - Psalm 127:2
We are striving, constant in toil.
Tired, irritated not peaceful.
Only the Lord gives peace.
Be kind not grouchy.
There is peace and contentment that comes from God through a true relationship with Him.
You need rest for your soul.
Not one thing satisfies like Almighty God!
1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow."
3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat."
6 And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.
7 And the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you."
8 And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. - 1 Kings 19:1-8
4. God blesses the home.
Children are a blessing, a reward from God.
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. - Psalm 127:3
Children are an arrow.
They are our responsibility to teach, to nurture.
We polish, we carve, we sharpen them with God's guidance to make them worthy warriors in the battle against Satan.
God shoots them at the enemy.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. - Psalm 127:4-5
Thank you Pastor Kevin!
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